Provincial News

WINNIPEG — Alberta's police watchdog has cleared a Winnipeg officer of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of a 19-year-old university student who armed himself with knives while in the throes of a mental health crisis.

EDMONTON — It's like a heat wave in almost every part of Alberta and some areas of northwestern Saskatchewan, as meteorologists predict temperatures to reach highs into the mid-30s.

WINNIPEG — Elections Manitoba has released the unofficial numbers from the Spruce Woods riding byelection, which show Progressive Conservative candidate Colleen Robbins has received the majority of votes.

REGINA — As Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe prepares to go to China next week, he said he would like the federal government to drop its 100 per cent electric vehicle tariff on Beijing.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that expansions to ports in Montreal and Manitoba could be among the first projects fast-tracked under his government's new major projects bill.

WINNIPEG — The family of a Norwegian hiker whose body was recovered over the weekend from the shores of the Hayes River in northern Manitoba says an autopsy shows the man drowned.

EDMONTON — A group of Manitoba-based searchers have arrived in Alberta to scour the North Saskatchewan River for an Edmonton teen who has been missing all summer.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man sentenced to life in prison after a judge convicted him of sending letter bombs to his ex-wife and two lawyers in 2015 has been denied full parole.

DAUPHIN — Mounties in Manitoba will be replacing at least one window after arresting two people for throwing a rock and a beer bottle at a detachment.

KYIV — Amidst a sea of blue-and-yellow flags in Kyiv's Independence Square that pay tribute to Ukraine's fallen soldiers, there's a bright splash of red and white.